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u. I . _ a l ' «kw "e' , q ' .. J's. An- . r' br T . ' rr ' " r ' ' q rr"': 'tlr, " ' ttri-eyelets/gilt-ut, for discussion T _ are _ " 'ltllillth') " a. "aRii'fiYi1" g - ( . m e HMW' There was entirely too . s" 4 r.e 'rs, _ -- ifl, Am, .. otttetttt6trl F shot thisson ofthintrtrointron. The K"... 'aiiiis,igiiiiii,4 it'iiika "igr, - " 4ltlllllfd of the" Printing Committee _. ' .' lil haw-u '. BiiiiiiE q if??? he" oattme!1, to be altogether ignored. a Cw.. , tihtdifh' 3:"2. 19W." t't ' " .5; "Mr. Meredith said he had not referred in 'ttor" r d' if there u ' "aii . mp ..-» I ' ,his "remarks to ordinary departmental re- port, tt',' n be questioned: but the Op- ports. There might be something to be . in it ','fi'll been careful to In? that it F 4mm" tartrr ot tttta Ireirttt done, but he will"; 't very good book. He did net) protested against the idea that anybody mitt th re m any disrespeCt shown 'to', or any department had the right to spend think e, or met the charge hnd been the people's. oney printing unnecessary ' the t'll2 . p" documents V'rld,'g, without the sanction well . . ' . of the House. It was treating both sides . PRIVATE BILLS- 4 I ot the .House most unfairly. Mr. Mereditu This closed the discussion. Before the added with regard to the printing ot re- House rose Mr. Barr of Dufferin expressed ports that the Government was also very l hope that the time for private bins , inconsistent. " had some time ago voted would be extended as usual. down a proposition emanting from the; Hon. Mr. Gibson, in reply, said that hr t Opposition in favor of having the reports. mought he should take advantage of in. printed during the recess; but had now ac- _ n-tquest to remark that those who desirr t s",',',",,":,',."':',,,',',',"":','?,',: so in as tgegtgal . - - nills legislation deserve a lessor on -h E I I aMtittd?"" Tr " , _ 2 , eluis:rtt;sms wit!- Hog. 'ht Ross said Mr. Meredith was rouse Thir Mum-s "P, , ' very inconsistent. First he tTe',','),",'.' pea card 'i't,.Gir'.iiia in'wli r ttN. - r - 'l' cause re rts were not brought own, an F . _ . ' . ....._ ME w. when the?0 Government brought them down tgvtl'c',e1/g",,i,'.'t'g, steps Ire W: " he protested again because they were u. Ttlet"',')"',",' 1',ld'"i1"',l'i'fl o t', ' ", brought down. He was quite inconsistent. Broth" _ "M W) all 'dl nt o not , The precedents were innumerable for the . un a were Itt, "p te. their delays. ' course taken by the Uoverntnent. Even itiowever, he had no doubt that some pro- Mr. Meredith did not say it was not in the Halon would be made. , public interest, and there could be no doubt ' THE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. t but that it was in the public interest. Progress is the dominant feature ot the It would be impossible to procure the con- I nineteenth annual report of the Ontario l sent of the House to nine-tenths of the Agricultural College, which non. Mr reports printed and serve the public inter- I bry den laid on the table. Among .iihe _ est. Take the public accounts. for P-, lines on which progress has been made, i Btance, how could the subject matter. be- the President's report mentions the com submitted to the Printing Committee. agsdl pietion of the greenhouses. the comma: yet the rep o','t if 333'; 'dd; ohteeyieeo'ltt.'. turn of a Mrs": farm purtrery, the 'qmot1rrn 1 n . - t,lgiitiCi,0'lr' members of a... no... had 'tfct,,tt'ivd'giofnti',ettndo/Tfd't'u'r'er"ttil" most decidedly to give way te', ot',?,,",,',,','.',,-',',',',',",,') t horticulture. line organization of a summer of the public. As it was. t e iO school for teachers. and the commence- made an effort to have as many re??? ment of a home dairy course for tarmers' as tey" down at the beginning o t u. scns and daughters. The attendance in, s on. ... . . "st','..' Clancy would not admit that the tre- 'eiS,iil'eLei; 321:1?" t't'/i',t1'i'l'" y, the pearl ports were brought down promptly as Mr. pied while in actobe the 'ee.'? occuo Ross claimed. The reports that were pin ed Cam's for ever v r it', were appli- in the hands ot r',',",":?,'.:"',',;?,",)')).', tin- early her on the ',t',lrgai'g'3'c,va,.,"..1lu2tlr'et',1: da sot the session were 0 Almost inconse- . ' . _ a . . .. 'le/ltd; character. The "tne,or,tt1t, reports 333$] 3." Jul]; "alt/fd-i-il/Iso/ll.; sill', "IT',' were always kept until t e sess on was number on the. Gi i i ' . well advanced. What Mr. Meredith con- k m ' t ' ' t )8 Stated. is always tended was tha.t Ministers should not on 'annr,2iricriurh'ie1Tti'init attfggaagi 'll 'their own whim and pleasure print mat- , ' . t . ' _ er that was not essentially a departmental 'ei.de,'i"i,/tterial? J',t'dT/'tig A com- 'ireport or a portion of a departmental shows that in the form ttr ff, tutd I" , . report. The GoVernment had too much ll- in students in on . we? 911.11 there were reuse in this matter altogether. The C, Hieciul " e,.fo"r.t""e,f,eel"'t and 15 in , . Printing Committee was too little regard- 109: while in. t: ,'11'il course, a total of ed. He remembered, for instance, Mr. (whee mm is 5 JI of 1llfl the general Bryant's book on agriculture. It was noth- "mtion of Bil-d9) Students. The c1aaai.. ing but campaign literature. ll'he Printing, ":cj'r 53 in 'ill, till-4 Shims 23 in the third . Committee 'went through the form of pas- I il/i.'.)",.",)',.,,'. I"?! second vear, and 110 In the t sing it, but it had been printed before. iiiiiiaiti h tl 1,er, the student; were tto- Mr. Balfour, as ('hairman of the Printing i,"xr','i', )1! yl yr 1-. Luul-'ily Councils, and Were Committee, then stepped into the debate. or . T' l mm tuition fees. The average He thought it odd, he said, that hon. (hing. "l,"; CI".!:"'.! is 21 years. Several gentlemen opposite who were members of Sihiufrl" "j,i'l"d"" "re lint-Ni. Mr. H. B. _ the Printing Committee had not raised the huh flu!" 'Y.),: assistant chemist, re- . point at the sessions of the committee. He "iii'. "l I', dugast. and was succeeded by did not see that the rights of the ijiiitiiir) lik,,.'.. "Y"',,'? Harcourt, B.S.A. Mr. John I Committee had been infringed upon. He! 'll/IIT'; ~133ismpt resident master, re- did not think that it had happened Gl ' Ie.', to the University to complete hit, more than two or three occasions in I':',,'.):'?,',' and M-. J. ll. Reynolds, Ft.A., was many years that members of the Govern- if will! us his successor. Prof. Show left ment had come down with anything print- C, i y/Ivey," at the meme time, and his ed, and on those occasions the matter con- lu' ace WHS filled by making Mr. C. A Zav- slated only of two or three pamphlets, If: lt.& A., head at the experimental de- chiefly on the French school question, the .'if.1'y,",',,t.' appointing Mr. G. S. Day BS expenditure in connection with which had : ., lecturer on agriculture. live stock, etc . been very small. All the reports printed [and .ioiatinst Mr. William Rennie of iii' " came fairly before the committee and no ob "it in charge of the farm. As farm ' Jectlon had ever been raised to them there, l, et4ntendent, Mr. Rennie devotee hi. . Members of the Opposition had themselves _ time to the management of th f wh never been refused a request to have any- i live Stock. and the control and sun and thing they wanted printed. He thought of men and students at work 80versigm a little investigation would show that the "lilKe'ncnt the ottiee of farm.to y this or- expenditure in connection with these ie- been dispensed with, and the reman has quests would amount to much more than Mr. J. E. Stu", mm) has held '2'ltit', of the cost of similar matters printed at the Since July, pm, mm m; k t. e position instance of Ministers. Mr. H. L. Hutt, n.s.U h; mg" required. Mr. Whitney said the fact, if It was a ed lectunar in iiir/t'iCii'a.,',la"Mt'"2, appoint- fact, that the committee had sanctioned rlson, B.S.A,, has been 'di r. P. C. Har.. improper expenditure at the instance of duties of inn-"rim, and sonar-gin; the Opposition members was no excuse for "if'iilsical department assistant in the the same being done at the instance of the farm Work Jroper l Ministers. having gone on as usual h s reported as Mr. Balfour denied that he had intimat- tlone, fun-1y well and tht e mule ha , ed this. He had only said matter had g'vod condition. 'wiiii'i he sheep being; r been printed at the request of members Irust ot' all Work i" t e pigs hase Dill "r lot the Opposition. P.uts was pushed n the other d. ' 1 Me. Hardy remarked that if the hon. dairy course ii2','"tu',',' With 'ritror. or luentiomen admitted that it was pro- cess, and the com 1e?! a pmmunqel ' ' per to print the ieports for the conven~ "Hiding Will e1"a"lt'""t on of a Iarihs i Hence of the House they admitted every- dents as before to be Wice as many Aid I, thing. No one would deny that it was dc- summer session for i', Ic/i',",',','-,',':.?!,,?,'?): The l shame that these reports of the Ministers Was also a succagg "ilt school teachers lshould be printed. The report of the of tty' departments .tih e 3990131 reports Minister of Education might he printed the tntvrrtut Workin' I,', intormatiG " to I any time after July Ist, and the report on th', "We: (led "To": of "the college. and ) the prisons and charities any time after ill','.',',,','-,",?,' Insututos . of the meetings of September 30th. What objection could be t 'Ticutturtu and Ex and of the Ontario raised to this particular publication from f,?", and Valuable. 1"'cii/e,tty, Union are the Department of Education he could not ii; the number of e 'ea'um ot the re . see. The Minister, had he been so mimi- Juilrliuzts. Xtclient views of Ied. would have had a perfect' right to _ embrace it in his ordinary report as an l appendix. as being perfectly a legitimate l